National Representative

EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
Young Internists Assembly
Geneva 14th May 2014
Minutes
Present (National Representatives):
Carla Araujo, Portugal (Chair)
Frauke Weidanz, UK (Secretary)
Ieva Ruza, Latvia (Treasurer)
Lenka Bosanska, Germany/Czech Republic (Past Chair)
Caterina Delcea, Romania
Mikko Parry, Finland
Ewelina Biskup, Switzerland
Xavier Roux, France (Subcommittee member)
Andreia Vilas-Boas, Portugal
Vikas Sarna, Norway
Sandra Kasnauskiene, Lithuania
Pablo Demelo Rodriguez, Spain
Javier Moreno Diaz, Spain
Burcin Halacli, Turkey
Alberto Marra, Italy (SIMI) (Subcommittee member)
Monique Slee, Netherlands (Subcommittee member)
Alexis Mueller-Marbach, Germany
In attendance (visiting Young Internists):
Ana Alwina Stan, Romania
Ieva Zostautiene, Norway
Monica Bivol, Norway
Lorenzo Nobili, Italy
William Capeci, Italy
Lisa Albani, Italy
Giuseppe Pio Martino, Italy
Cristina Teixera Pinto, Portugal
Ieva Sileikiene, Lithuania
Mariangela Di Lillo, Italy
Roger Duckitt, UK (to report on EFIM website development)
Agenda:
1) Welcome and Introduction
2) Chair Report: Carla Araújo
3) Secretary Report: Frauke Weidanz
4) European Curriculum in Internal Medicine: Monique Slee
5) Discussion Round-National YI Activities
6) Young Internists Surveys
7) Portuguese YI Project: What we value in a Tutor: Cristina Teixeira Pinto
8) New YI Subcommittee Position: election
9) Any other business
Minutes
Action Points
1. Welcome and Introduction
Carla Araujo welcomed the assembly, followed by a brief
introduction round
2. Chair report
Carla Araujo summarised our mission, structure and activities and
presented plans for the YI Day on 16 May.
She asked the assembly to promote YI activities as well as the
EFIM journals, CRS and schools in their national groups and
announced that the European Journal of Case Reports in Internal
Medicine is looking for reviewers.
All – disseminate information /
promote events in your national YI
groups
3. Secretary report
The minutes of the last YI assembly were approved and Frauke
Weidanz summarised activities of the subcommittee since the last
assembly. Next meetings were announced - date of next assembly
TBC (during AC meeting in Estonia 25 – 27 September 2014).
Ways of communicating were discussed and assembly members
encouraged to feedback ideas throughout the year and make use
of the interactive new website.
4. European Curriculum in Internal Medicine:
Monique Slee explained the objectives of EBIM. The board
developed from the competencies WG after a survey of European
training programmes. It is a joint venture between EFIM and UEMS
who have more political power. EBIM aims to define minimal
standards in training internists across Europe, which is challenging
due to the different health care systems and models of training eg
common trunk versus Internal Medicine + subspecialty versus
Internal Medicine separately. EBIM has a clear strategy and
timeline to produce a common curriculum. View of the assembly
were invited:
Some Assembly members voiced concerns that the prescribed
length of training may be much longer than current training in these
countries and the cost of lengthening training may threaten the
specialty. Some suggested a move to a more competency-based
programme rather than time-based criteria. The relevance of
All – register on new website, use
fora and feedback ideas to Frauke
4. European Curriculum in Internal Medicine:
Monique Slee explained the objectives of EBIM. The board
developed from the competencies WG after a survey of European
training programmes. It is a joint venture between EFIM and UEMS
who have more political power. EBIM aims to define minimal
standards in training internists across Europe, which is challenging
due to the different health care systems and models of training eg
common trunk versus Internal Medicine + subspecialty versus
Internal Medicine separately. EBIM has a clear strategy and
timeline to produce a common curriculum. View of the assembly
were invited:
Some Assembly members voiced concerns that the prescribed
length of training may be much longer than current training in these
countries and the cost of lengthening training may threaten the
specialty. Some suggested a move to a more competency-based
programme rather than time-based criteria. The relevance of
defining procedural skills was discussed and differences between
countries noted. Most agreed there should be essential skills
achieved by all (eg ECG interpretation) and desirable skills (eg
bedside echocardiography) which may not be applicable in all
countries but are encouraged. Most also felt that it is important to
stress and define non-technical skills.
All assembly members to email
Monique with ideas / requests so
that YI views are well represented
at EBIM.
Monique will represent the YI group at EBIM and will act as a link.
5. Discussion Round - National YI Activities
All YI assembly members were given the opportunity to share
ideas and present activities from their national groups. Summary of
main points:
Finland – planning to participate in exchange
Norway – growing group, completed survey on emergency room
work, run a successful journal
Romania – organise summer school, use FB for communication,
run workshops on stats/ecg/how to publish etc.
Czech Republic – yearly research competition with ESIM
attendance as prize; planned international congress (PEDIM) in
Prague in September with YI day
Latvia – finally a YI is co-opted to the national board, preparing
ESIM winter school (Riga January 2015)
Germany – still lacking explicit support from the board for some
activities; new development is the ‘alliance of young doctors’,
encouraging communication between junior groups from different
specialties.
Netherlands – new additions to Internal Medicine curriculum:
elderly care, patient safety, leadership/management; the job
market is very tight with high unemployment in Internal Medicine
Italy FADOI – developed a successful guideline app
Italy SIMI – successful ECG blog, plans to publish this as a book,
regular echo courses
Switzerland - new group, now part of national board; IM and GP
societies are merging and young members cooperating well
Turkey - promoting EFIM activities including exchange and ESIM
France – new YI board to be elected soon, active WG on training in
Internal Medicine currently organising survey assessing the
curriculum which is likely to change
Spain – strong group, successful YI day, website with link to
guidelines, summer school, cooperating with Portugal and Peru
Lithuania – two universities trying to connect, working on website
Portugal - FB for communication, national meeting with abstracts
from YIs, one resident per hospital as ‘link person’ for organisation
and for multi-centre research
All – email Frauke with anything you
would like to share on the new
website
6. Young Internists Surveys
Xavier Roux presented the results of the YI working conditions
survey: over 500 replies, predominantly female, 35% have a
subspecialty as well as Internal Medicine. 40% have no organised
teaching programme in their department, 70% report no restriction
in working hours, 30% feel frustrated by their job and 37% think
they are becoming burnt out. But 50% satisfied overall with their
job.
Xavier is planning to submit to EJIM for publication.
Frauke Weidanz – will present update on End-Of-Life project next
time
7. Portuguese YI Project
Agenda point cancelled due to time constraints
8. Open SC position – elections
Burcin Halacli and Ewelina Biskup presented their candidacies for
the SC position. Ewa Biskup was elected (with a majority of 7 to 6
votes).
9. Any other business
Roger Duckitt presented the new website – we have moved to a
new platform which is much more flexible and interactive.
The aim is raise the profile of EFIM and the YI group and to enable
capture of individual user data. There is a link to the journal and the
EFIM and YI sited have been integrated.
14th May 2014
Frauke Weidanz, YI Subcommittee Secretary
[email protected]
All – please send feedback and
comments to Roger and Frauke.
Roger /Frauke to send out invitation
to database and then official email
to all national societies once initial
glitches have been addressed.

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